1. | Chapter 6. What is language? | ㅡLinguistic knowledge ㅡWhat Is Grammar? ㅡLanguage Universals ㅡAnimal Languages ㅡLanguage & Thought | ||
2. | Chapter 7. Language Acquisition | ㅡMechanisms of Language Acquisition ㅡChildren Construct Grammars ㅡThe development of grammar ㅡKnowing More Than One Languages | ||
3. | Chapter 8. Language Processing: Humans and Computers | ㅡThe Human Mind at Works: Human Language Processing ㅡComputer Processing of Human Language | ||
4. | Chapter 9. Language in Society | ㅡDialects ㅡLanguages in Contact ㅡLanguage and education ㅡLanguage in use ㅡSecret languages and language games | ||
5. | Chapter10. Language Change: The Syllables of Time | ㅡThe Regularity of Sound Change ㅡPhonological Change ㅡMorphological Change ㅡSyntactic Change ㅡLexical Change ㅡReconstructing “Dead” Language ㅡExtinct and Endangered Languages ㅡThe Genetic Classification of Languages ㅡTypes of Languages ㅡWhy Do Languages Change? |